Nuggets (116) vs Pelicans (105) · Jan 28, 2022 · NBA Scores

FINAL

Jan 28, 2022

27-21DenverNuggets

116

18-30New OrleansPelicans

105

Game Recap

Led by Nikola Jokics 29 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, the Nuggets defeated the Pelicans, 116-105. This is Jokics 12th triple-double of the season and 69th of his career. Aaron Gordon added 20 points for the Nuggets in the victory, while Nickeil Alexander-Walker tallied 18 points and four assists for the Pelicans in the losing effort. The Nuggets improve to 27-21 on the season, while the Pelicans fall to 18-30.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	26	24	36	30	116
NOP	17	31	30	27	105

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
50Aaron GordonSF	31	8-18	2-8	2-2	4	2	1	0	4	0	20	+10
32Jeff GreenPF	20	0-0	0-0	2-2	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	+4
15Nikola JokicC	30	11-19	3-6	4-4	13	10	2	0	6	5	29	+15
25Austin RiversSG	35	4-6	2-4	2-2	1	1	3	1	3	1	12	+19
11Monte MorrisPG	33	5-11	1-4	2-2	8	8	0	1	0	1	13	+11
6Bryn Forbes	25	5-11	2-4	2-2	2	1	0	0	0	2	14	-2
22Zeke Nnaji	16	5-5	1-1	0-1	3	0	0	0	1	2	11	0
7Facundo Campazzo	6	0-1	0-1	3-4	0	1	0	0	3	1	3	-3
3Bones Hyland	24	2-4	1-3	1-2	3	4	1	1	2	5	6	-4
4DeMarcus Cousins	11	1-7	0-2	4-4	7	2	1	1	2	3	6	0
JaMychal Green	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+5
00Markus Howard	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9Davon Reed	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL		41-8250.0%	12-3336.4%	22-2588.0%	43	29	9	4	21	22	116

PELICANS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
41Garrett TempleSF	23	0-5	0-4	0-0	1	3	5	0	0	1	0	-9
5Herbert JonesPF	36	7-13	1-4	4-4	7	3	5	0	1	3	19	-9
9Willy HernangomezC	32	5-14	0-2	8-10	16	3	1	3	1	1	18	-6
3Josh HartSG	36	6-13	1-4	3-4	8	2	1	0	3	2	16	-11
4Devonte' GrahamPG	33	4-12	1-6	6-6	3	5	1	0	3	2	15	+3
10Jaxson Hayes	15	6-8	0-0	1-1	3	1	0	0	2	3	13	-5
6Nickeil Alexander-Walker	33	5-14	2-8	6-6	3	4	0	1	3	2	18	-1
15Jose Alvarado	14	1-5	0-1	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	3	2	-14
8Naji Marshall	11	1-4	0-3	2-2	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	-1
12Gary Clark	2	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
31Tomas Satoransky	— did not play —												— did not play —


TOTAL		35-9038.9%	5-3414.7%	30-3390.9%	43	23	14	4	13	19	105

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterdennop

(12:00) Jump Ball Hernangomez vs. Jokic: Tip to Je. Green
(11:41) Jokic Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T1)
+2 (11:19) Graham 18' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Hart 1 AST)
02
+2 (11:01) Morris 22' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
22
(10:52) Graham Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(10:38) MISS Rivers 3PT Jump Shot
(10:33) Jones REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:25) Jokic S.FOUL (P1.T1) (B.Barnaky)
+1 (10:25) Hernangomez Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
23
+1 (10:25) Hernangomez Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
24
(10:15) Graham S.FOUL (P1.T1) (B.Barnaky)
+1 (10:15) Rivers Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
34
+1 (10:15) Rivers Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
44
(9:55) MISS Hernangomez 5' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot
(9:53) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:42) Rivers Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(9:42) Temple STEAL (1 STL)
(9:35) MISS Jones 3PT Jump Shot
(9:31) Hernangomez REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+3 (9:29) Graham 27' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Temple 1 AST)
47
+2 (9:13) Gordon 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
67
(9:07) MISS Jones 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:03) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(8:49) MISS Gordon 8' Turnaround Jump Shot
(8:46) Hernangomez REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(8:45) MISS Jones 3' Layup
(8:45) Rivers BLOCK (1 BLK)
(8:42) Jones REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(8:41) MISS Temple 3PT Jump Shot
(8:39) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(8:27) MISS Morris 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:25) Hernangomez REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(8:20) MISS Hart 5' Driving Layup
(8:20) Morris BLOCK (1 BLK)
(8:19) PELICANS Rebound
+2 (8:09) Jones 1' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Graham 1 AST)
69
(7:56) MISS Gordon 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:53) Hernangomez REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(7:48) Jokic Violation:Kicked Ball (B.Barnaky)
(7:39) Morris S.FOUL (P1.T2) (N.Sago)
+1 (7:39) Graham Free Throw 1 of 2 (6 PTS)
610
+1 (7:39) Graham Free Throw 2 of 2 (7 PTS)
611
(7:26) Jokic Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T3)
(7:13) MISS Hernangomez 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:09) Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (7:03) Jokic 4' Hook Shot (2 PTS) (Gordon 1 AST)
811
(6:49) Hart Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(6:49) Jokic STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (6:47) Gordon 2' Driving Layup (4 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
1011
(6:47) Temple S.FOUL (P1.T2) (N.Sago)
(6:47) PELICANS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
+1 (6:47) Gordon Free Throw 1 of 1 (5 PTS)
1111
(6:27) MISS Graham 19' Pullup Jump Shot
(6:23) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(6:16) Jokic Bad Pass Turnover (P3.T4)
(6:16) Jones STEAL (1 STL)
(6:10) MISS Temple 3PT Jump Shot
(6:06) Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (6:02) Jokic 2' Cutting Layup Shot (4 PTS) (Morris 1 AST)
1311
(5:38) MISS Jones 17' Pullup Jump Shot
(5:37) Nuggets Rebound
(5:37) Hernangomez L.B.FOUL (P1.T3) (N.Sago)
+2 (5:24) Gordon Alley Oop Dunk (7 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST)
1511
(5:09) MISS Graham 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(5:04) Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(4:59) MISS Gordon 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(4:57) Hart REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (4:51) Hart 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
1513
+2 (4:40) Gordon 1' Cutting Layup Shot (9 PTS) (Jokic 3 AST)
1713
(4:29) Graham Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T3)
(4:16) Gordon Step Out of Bounds Turnover (P1.T5)
(3:58) MISS Alexander-Walker 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:51) Forbes REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:41) MISS Forbes 17' Pullup Jump Shot
(3:40) Nuggets Rebound
(3:40) Hayes L.B.FOUL (P1.T4) (P.Ransom)
(3:37) Hayes P.FOUL (P2.PN) (B.Barnaky)
+1 (3:37) Campazzo Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
1813
+1 (3:37) Campazzo Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
1913
(3:10) MISS Hart 2' Driving Layup
(3:07) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:5)
+2 (3:02) Jokic 2' Driving Layup (6 PTS) (Campazzo 1 AST)
2113
(3:02) Alvarado S.FOUL (P1.PN) (N.Sago)
+1 (3:02) Jokic Free Throw 1 of 1 (7 PTS)
2213
+2 (2:47) Hayes 1' Cutting Finger Roll Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Jones 1 AST)
2215
(2:37) Alexander-Walker S.FOUL (P1.PN) (P.Ransom)
(2:37) Nuggets Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(2:37) MISS Hyland Free Throw 1 of 2
(2:37) Nuggets Rebound
+1 (2:37) Hyland Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
2315
(2:24) MISS Alvarado 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:19) Hayes REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (2:13) Alexander-Walker 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
2317
(2:04) Jones P.FOUL (P1.PN) (P.Ransom)
(2:04) MISS Campazzo Free Throw 1 of 2
(2:04) Nuggets Rebound
+1 (2:04) Campazzo Free Throw 2 of 2 (3 PTS)
2417
(1:57) Cousins P.FOUL (P1.T3) (P.Ransom)
(1:49) MISS Clark 24' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(1:46) Alvarado REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(1:45) MISS Alvarado 2' Reverse Layup
(1:43) Cousins REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:31) Cousins Offensive Charge Foul (P2) (P.Ransom)
(1:31) Cousins Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T6)
(1:18) MISS Hayes 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(1:18) Cousins REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(1:18) Marshall P.FOUL (P1.PN) (B.Barnaky)
+1 (1:18) Cousins Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2517
+1 (1:18) Cousins Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
2617
(1:04) MISS Marshall 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:01) Cousins REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(0:52) MISS Cousins 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:48) Alexander-Walker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:39) MISS Alexander-Walker 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:36) Nuggets Rebound
(0:21) Campazzo Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T7)
(0:04) MISS Alvarado 3' Driving Layup
(0:04) Hyland BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:04) PELICANS Rebound
(0:04) MISS Clark 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:02) Nnaji REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:01) Nnaji Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T8)
(0:01) Alvarado STEAL (1 STL)
(0:00) MISS Alvarado 3' Layup
(0:00) PELICANS Rebound

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

DEN

NOP

116Points105

41-82(50.0%)Field Goal(%)35-90(38.9%)

12-33(36.4%)3-Point(%)5-34(14.7%)

22-25(88.0%)Free Throw(%)30-33(90.9%)

43(9)Rebounds(Offensive)43(14)

29Assists23

9Steals14

4Blocks4

21Turnovers13

22Fouls19

46Pts In The Paint56

14Fast Break Pts7

22Pts Off Turnovers26

40Bench Pts37

16Largest Lead5

Game Details

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